Weak Hydrogen Bonds in Some Six- and Five-atom Interactions: An AIM Topological Analysis

DFT and AIM studies of intramolecular hydrogen bonds in dicoumarols

Density functional calculations with Becke’s three parameter hybrid method using the correlation functional of Lee, Yang and Parr (B3LYP) were carried out for 3,30-benzylidenebis(4-hydroxycoumarin) (phenyldicoumarol, PhDC), 3,30-methylenebis(4-hydroxycoumarin) (dicoumarol, DC) and the parent compound, 4-hydroxycoumarin (4-HC). Different basis sets were tested in the course of the calculations: ...

Weak C–H...O hydrogen bonds in alkaloids: An overview

An overview of general classification scheme, medicinal importance and crystal structure analysis with emphasis on the role of hydrogen bonding in some alkaloids is presented in this paper. The article is based on a general kind of survey while crystallographic analysis and role of hydrogen bonding are limited to only those alkaloids whose three-dimensional structure has been reported by us. Th...

Strong and weak hydrogen bonds in the protein-ligand interface.

The characteristics of N--H...O, O--H...O, and C--H...O hydrogen bonds and other weak intermolecular interactions are analyzed in a large and diverse group of 251 protein-ligand complexes using a new computer program that was developed in-house for this purpose. The interactions examined in the present study are those which occur in the active sites, defined here as a sphere of 10 A radius arou...

Article Are Hydrogen Bonds Unique among Weak Interactions in Their Ability to Mediate Electronic Coupling?

Halogen bonds as orthogonal molecular interactions to hydrogen bonds.

Halogen bonds (X-bonds) are shown to be geometrically perpendicular to and energetically independent of hydrogen bonds (H-bonds) that share a common carbonyl oxygen acceptor. This orthogonal relationship is accommodated by the in-plane and out-of-plane electronegative potentials of the oxygen, which are differentially populated by H- and X-bonds. Furthermore, the local conformation of a peptide...